AM2 Socket, ATX
Manufacture   ASUS ASUS ASUS MSI  MSI Gigabyte
Model #   M3A32-MVP DELUXE M3A M2N  SLI K9A2 CF K9N-Platnium MA790FX-DS5
Chipset   AMD 790FX / SB600 AMD 770X / SB600 Nvidia 560 SLI MCP Nvidia 790X / SB600 Nvidia 570  AMD 790FX / SB600
Processor socket AM2+ AM2+ AM2 AM2+ AM2 AM2+
Front Side Bus (FSB) 5200 MT/s  HT3.0 5200 MT/s  HT3.0 2000 MT/s 5200 MT/s  HT3.0 2000 MT/s 4000 MT/s  HT3.0
IDE Devices supported  2 2 4 2 2 2
2nd IDE Ctrls - - - - 2 PCI-E (x8 in SLI) 2 PCI-E (x8 in SLI)
2nd IDE RAID support - - - - - -
2nd IDE Chipset - - - - DDR-2 (4) DDR-2 (4)
PCI Express for Video 4 PCI-E x16  v2.0 1 PCI-E x16  v2.0 2 PCI-E (x8 in SLI) 2 PCI-E (x8 in SLI) v2.0 1 PCI-E x16 2 PCI-E x16 v2.0
Video on Board Dual at X16, tripple 16x / x8 / x8 - - - - -
    quad at x8 -        
Memory Type (slots) DDR-2 (4) DDR-2 (4) DDR-2 (4) DDR-2 (4) DDR-2 (4) DDR-2 (4)
    ECC / Non ECC ECC / Non ECC       DDR2 667 / 800 / 1066
Max. RAM 8 GB 8 GB 8 GB 8 GB 8 GB 16 GB
PCI Slots 32 bit 2 3 2 2 3 2
PCI Express  x1 - 2 2 1 2 3
PCI Express x4 - - - - - -
Audio on Board 8 channel 8 channel 8 channel 8 channel 8 channel 8 channel
Audio Chipset ADI 1988B ALC 883 C-media ALC888 ALC883 ALC889A
               
On Board network card (2) gIgabit gigabit gigabit gigabit (2) gIgabit gigabit
Lan Chipset SB600 SB600 Nvidia 560 SLI  RTL 8111B Nvidia 570  SB600
USB 2.0 (Rear / Internal) ( 6 / 4 ) ( 6 / 4 )  ( 4 / 8 )  ( 4 / 6 )  ( 4 / 6 )  ( 6 / 4 )
Firewire (Rear / Internal) ( 1 / 1 ) - ( 1 / 1 ) - ( 1 / 1 ) ( 2 / 1 )
Firewire Chipset     Via  1394 - VT 6307 TSB 43A523
Serial  ATA  4 (SataII) 4 (SataII) 4 (SataII) 4 (SataII) 6 (SataII) 4 (SataII)
Serial  RAID Support 0,1, 0+1 0,1, 0+1 0,1,10,5,JBOD 0,1, 0+1 0,1,10,5,JBOD 0,1, 0+1
Serial  ATA Chipset SB600 SB600 Nvidia 560 SLI  SB600 Nvidia 570  SB600
2nd SATA Ctrl 1 int, 1 ext - - - - 2 ext
2nd SATA RAID support 0,1 - - - - 0,1, JBOD
2nd SATA Chipset Marvell 6121 and 6111 - - - - gigabyte
Price $219.00 $109.00 $109.00 $109.00 $135.00 $209.00
AM2 Socket,  mATX
Manufacture   Asus Asus Asus Asus Asus Asus ASUS
Model #   M3A78-EM M3N78-VM M2A-VM M2A-VM DVI M2V-MX se M2N-VM DVI M2N32-WS Pro
Chipset   AMD  780G / SB700 Nvidai 8200 AMD 690G AMD 690G VIA K8M890 Nforce 7050pv / 630a Nvidia 590 SLI MCP
Processor socket AM2 + AM2 + AM2  AM2  AM2  AM2  AM2
Front Side Bus (FSB) 5200 / 2000 / 1600 MT/s 5200 / 2000 / 1600 MT/s 2000 / 1600 MT/s 2000 / 1600 MT/s 2000 2000 2000 MT/s
IDE Devices supported 2 2 2 2 4 2 2
PCI Express for Video PCI-E x16 PCI-E x16 PCI-E x16 PCI-E x16 PCI-E x16 PCI-E x16 2 PCI-E x16
Video on Board (Display port, HDMI / VGA,DVI-D) (HDMI / VGA,DVI-D) yes  (VGA / DVI-D) yes  (VGA / DVI-D) yes yes  (VGA / DVI-D) -
Memory Type (slots) DDR-2 (4) DDR-2 (4) DDR-2 (4) DDR-2 (4) DDR-2 (2) DDR-2 (4) DDR-2 (4)
    ECC / Non ECC ECC / Non ECC ECC / Non ECC ECC / Non ECC      
Max. RAM 8 GB 8 GB 8 GB 8 GB 4GB 8GB 8 GB
PCI Slots 32 bit 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
PCI Express  x1 1 1 1 1 - 1 2 PCI -X SLOTS
PCI Express x4 - - - - - - 1
Audio on Board 8 CHANNEL 8 CHANNEL 6 CHANNEL 6 CHANNEL 6 CHANNEL 6 CHANNEL 8 channel
Audio Chipset ALC1200 VT1708B ALC883 ALC883 Azalia ALC662 ALC662 ADI 1988B
    PS2 KB Mouse Combo port,  Optical out , 1.44MB CRTL, COM & Parallel  Connector PS2 KB Mouse Combo port,  Optical out , 1.44MB CRTL, COM & Parallel  Connector          
On Board network card 10 / 100 / 1000 10 / 100 / 1000 10 / 100 / 1000 10 / 100 / 1000 10 / 100 10 / 100 / 1000 (2) gIgabit
Lan Chipset - Nvidai 8211CL-GR - - RTL 8100C - Nvidia MCP55PXE
USB 2.0 (Rear / Internal)  ( 6 / 6 )  ( 6 / 6 )  ( 4 / 6 )  ( 4 / 6 ) ( 4 / 4 ) ( 4 / 6 )  ( 4 / 6 )
Firewire (Rear / Internal) ( 1 / 1 ) - - - - - ( 1 / 1 )
Firewire Chipset SB700 - - - - - TI1394
Serial  ATA  5 5 4 4 2 4 6 (SataII)
Serial  RAID Support 0,1,10, 0,1,5, 0+1, JBOD 0,1,10, 0,1,10, 0,1, JBOD 0,1, 10, 5 JBOD 0,1,10,5,JBOD
Serial  ATA Chipset ATI SB700 mcp78s ATI SB600 ATI SB600 - - Nvidia MCP55PXE
2nd SATA Ctrl 1 ext 1 ext - - 2 -  3 int, 1 ext
2nd SATA RAID support 0,1,10 - - - JMB363 - -
2nd SATA Chipset SB700 - - - 0, 1  - Marvell 88E116 
Price $109.00 $109.00 $79.00 $89.00 $69.00 $79.00 $329.00